A Comparison of Two Newspapers

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A Comparison of Two Newspapers

‘Media’ helps us to know more about what’s happening around us. There

are many types of media; newspapers are one among them. Newspapers can

be classified into two types: tabloids and broadsheets. Tabloids are

known as “the popular press”. They are often biased and contain

gossips about personalities and are less serious. The sentence

structure and vocabulary are simple. Therefore, they are mostly read

by the working class with minimum qualifications. In contrast to the

tabloids, broadsheets are aimed at more educated audience and are more

serious than tabloids. They are read by audience with professional

jobs are people educated in the university. Broadsheets cover

political and educational news which the tabloids don’t cover up. They

also cover foreign items. Broadsheets generally cover the news from

all angles. The vocabulary and sentence structure are very complex.

This essay will compare a broadsheet and a tabloid about Jack Straw’s

decision to extradite Pinochet.

The background situation to General Augusto Pinochet's extradition is

that he killed and tortured thousand of people during his rule in

Chile. Pinochet was the military leader of Chile. He ruled the country

ruthlessly, crushing all his oppositions. In 1998 Pinochet came to

Britain to have a back operation in Harley Street. Many people were

outraged by his visit, including many Chileans who lost their families

during his tyrannous rule. On December 1998, Jack Straw, the home

secretary announced that Pinochet's extradition to Spain should go

forward. Many people were delighted with this decision, especially the

human rights campaigner...

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...he Guardian" so

the sentence structure and the vocabulary is very simple in "The Sun".

The language is unbiased in "The Guardian". It doesn’t support one

side. There has been no words or sentences used to sympathise or

oppose the General. It tells us the fact and not rumours. It doesn’t

support one side. On the other hand, the language is biased in "The

Sun". It only supports the General and oppose to the decision. It only

focuses on one side. The phrases like “broke down in tears, freedom

were dashed, 83-year-old” were used to sympathise for the General. So

the language in "The Sun" is biased, whereas it is unbiased in "The

Guardian". It is easy to manipulate the reader through "The Sun"

because it is read by millions of people. The media tells us about

what the audience want and also tells the audience what to think.

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